Richard Schickel Movies

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red...

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced,...

A penetrating documentary of a legendary filmmaker, narrated by the renowned film critic Richard Schickel. Excerpted works include “Birth of a...

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...

Censorship issues with the film "A Streetcar Named Desire."

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

A history of horror movies.

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.

Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.

Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.

The story of American film criticism.

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved.

Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)

explores the production of the film with interviews with those involved. The historical significance is similarly discussed. Includes interviews with...

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black...

In the series of documentaries directed by Richard Schickel following classic film directors, this episode interviews the creative mind behind "My...

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

Documentary about the efforts to reconstruct Sam Fuller's The Big Red One closer to the film Fuller had originally envisioned.